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any life left in Anarchy Online?

eko291eko291 Member Posts: 4
in The Pub at MMORPG.COM

I've played EQ2 and WoW, and recently left Eve after the 2 week trial. I coudln't stand waiting 10 minutes to travel from place to place. I actually finished a book while playing.

I'm looking at Anarchy Online since it isn't purely a Fantasy Genre game. Is there any life left in it or should I be looking at something else?

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  • DantesDantes Member Posts: 163
    I've had a free account for well over a year and yes there are alot of ppl still playing this game.

    Beta tester supreme

  • firefly2000firefly2000 Member Posts: 3

    I use to be a player on AO(firefly2000),but I no longer like it .....one of the Big problems I had was the Horrible Lag .....Even with my Comcast Broadband it was so choppy plus it can take awhile to do what you want to do......like going from place to place even if you have a Flying craft and the Pressure of beening in a guild can be a Pain ......

  • MaxxxMaxxx Member UncommonPosts: 389

    Originally posted by firefly2000
    I use to be a player on AO(firefly2000),but I no longer like it .....one of the Big problems I had was the Horrible Lag .....Even with my Comcast Broadband it was so choppy plus it can take awhile to do what you want to do......like going from place to place even if you have a Flying craft and the Pressure of beening in a guild can be a Pain ......
    probably need a new computer....
  • sarbonnsarbonn Member UncommonPosts: 119
    I tried AO recently after getting bored with pretty much everything else out there. I figured it was worth it because it was free and I hadn't experienced it yet before. The lag finally did me in. There were some possibilities I could see with it, but I never really got beyond the first major area to decide whether or not the game had a worthwhile world to it. It became really frustrating to play it, so I discontinued and went back to looking for something else.

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  • firefly2000firefly2000 Member Posts: 3
    LOL!!!!......No it' not my computer .....and no it's not spyware,adware or virus's OR anything like that .....AO is just not good when it comes to a lot of people in one area also it just gets old after awhile ....Even when they add things to the game it's just a DULL game when it comes to pure game play .....Like WOW!!! I killed another boss or WOW!! I did another Mission .....Yea you hang with your Buds and fight over loot ...Sure ....but even that gets old ........
  • SarenniaSarennia Member Posts: 127


    Originally posted by firefly2000
    LOL!!!!......No it' not my computer .....and no it's not spyware,adware or virus's OR anything like that .....AO is just not good when it comes to a lot of people in one area also it just gets old after awhile ....Even when they add things to the game it's just a DULL game when it comes to pure game play .....Like WOW!!! I killed another boss or WOW!! I did another Mission .....Yea you hang with your Buds and fight over loot ...Sure ....but even that gets old ........

    wow u most hate anarchy online. Whats so bad about it? Its free ffs so dont complain. Btw why do u use so many .? U dont realy need more than one.
  • HashmanHashman Member Posts: 649

    Originally posted by eko291
    I've played EQ2 and WoW, and recently left Eve after the 2 week trial. I coudln't stand waiting 10 minutes to travel from place to place. I actually finished a book while playing.

    Was it the Yongle encyclopedia?

  • Unknown


    Originally posted by eko291

    I've played EQ2 and WoW, and recently left Eve after the 2 week trial. I coudln't stand waiting 10 minutes to travel from place to place. I actually finished a book while playing.
    I'm looking at Anarchy Online since it isn't purely a Fantasy Genre game. Is there any life left in it or should I be looking at something else?


         I've played AO off and on for years. AO is one of the most revolutionary MMORPGs ever created in history! Almost ALL the new mmorpgs have copied some ideas from AO. AO is still free to play. Their free trials go back and forth in length from 2 weeks to 1 year.  And... YES! There is still plenty of life left in AO!

       To everyone else claiming AO is tooooo lagy:

       1. Upgrade to a more modern graphics card. GeForce  4  minimum. If you can afford better, go for it.

       2. MODERNIZE your MEMORY. 1GB minimum. If you can afford more, even better.

       3. Tone down the settings lower. AO leads ALL mmorpgs with the most customizations available for one to play around with. It is possible to play AO on a Pentium 3, with a 400mhz processor! One can for example tone down the view distance from your character to litterally 3 feet away LOL!

     

     

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    -AC, AC2, AO, EQ, Freelancer, SWG:
    http://community.webshots.com/user/xplororor

    -More SWG:
    http://community.webshots.com/user/captain_sica_xol

    -More EQ, Dungeon Siege, *UXO*, Diablo II:Lords of Destruction:
    http://community.webshots.com/user/xplororor_archives01

    -EverQuest II, Horizons:
    http://community.webshots.com/user/xplororor_eq2archives01

    -EVE Online !!!
    http://community.webshots.com/user/sica_xol_archives01

    -DAoC
    http://community.webshots.com/user/sica_xol_archives02


    -Coming sooner or later... CoH, WoW, MXO, UO, GW, As3, RS

    -WoW....has....arrived! 
    http://community.webshots.com/user/xplororor_archives03

  • ScarisScaris Member UncommonPosts: 5,332

    Originally posted by xplororor
    Originally posted by eko291
    I've played EQ2 and WoW, and recently left Eve after the 2 week trial. I coudln't stand waiting 10 minutes to travel from place to place. I actually finished a book while playing.
    I'm looking at Anarchy Online since it isn't purely a Fantasy Genre game. Is there any life left in it or should I be looking at something else?
    I've played AO off and on for years. AO is one of the most revolutionary MMORPGs ever created in history! Almost ALL the new mmorpgs have copied some ideas from AO. AO is still free to play. Their free trials go back and forth in length from 2 weeks to 1 year. And... YES! There is still plenty of life left in AO!
    To everyone else claiming AO is tooooo lagy:
    1. Upgrade to a more modern graphics card. GeForce 4 minimum. If you can afford better, go for it.
    2. MODERNIZE your MEMORY. 1GB minimum. If you can afford more, even better.
    3. Tone down the settings lower. AO leads ALL mmorpgs with the most customizations available for one to play around with. It is possible to play AO on a Pentium 3, with a 400mhz processor! One can for example tone down the view distance from your character to litterally 3 feet away LOL!


    image image image image image image image image
    -Personal Website (A Work still in progress):http://www.geocities.com/xplororor/index.html
    -AC, AC2, AO, EQ, Freelancer, SWG:http://community.webshots.com/user/xplororor
    -More SWG:http://community.webshots.com/user/captain_sica_xol
    -More EQ, Dungeon Siege, *UXO*, Diablo II:Lords of Destruction:http://community.webshots.com/user/xplororor_archives01
    -EverQuest II, Horizons:http://community.webshots.com/user/xplororor_eq2archives01
    -EVE Online !!!http://community.webshots.com/user/sica_xol_archives01
    -DAoChttp://community.webshots.com/user/sica_xol_archives02
    -Coming sooner or later... CoH, WoW, MXO, UO, GW, As3, RS
    -WoW....has....arrived! http://community.webshots.com/user/xplororor_archives03

    Every MMO has copied alot of very core idea's from many other MMO's. The only momumental thing I can recall AO bringing to the table first was instanced missions.

    - Scaris

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  • firefly2000firefly2000 Member Posts: 3
    Well I like using ......,it's like my trade mark.........Anyway .....I don't hate AO it's ok ,but it terms of Graphics and gameplay,well it's dated and for me it's just not fun .....like I said it's more like going to work then fun .......thats not a game also it's got the worst Lag I have even seen in a game(I have a Very nice computer so and I have tried all setting with no help )........I played AO for a long time with my friend Ruzan who also quit AO ........Have a good one
  • thoreauthoreau Member Posts: 84

    graphics for the base free game are old and outdates.

    missions are a grind. no real reason or contribution to the storyline.

    good community and support.

    try the game and if you like it add one of the expansion packs for better graphics.

    btw...why would AO require a modern graphics card for the base game when the game is like 4 years old?

  • TinybinaTinybina Member Posts: 2,130
    They should have never realeased EQ 1.5 erm I mean Shadowlands.. Had they not done that they would have never needed to make the game free.. What a horrible decision that cost them tons of paying subscriptions as people fleed in drones..

    Game has never been the same since.


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    You see, every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You spread to an area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.-Mr.Smith

  • TinybinaTinybina Member Posts: 2,130

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    You see, every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with their surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You spread to an area, and you multiply, and you multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet.-Mr.Smith

  • sushimeessushimees Member Posts: 489

    Originally posted by xplororor

    Originally posted by eko291

    I've played EQ2 and WoW, and recently left Eve after the 2 week trial. I coudln't stand waiting 10 minutes to travel from place to place. I actually finished a book while playing.
    I'm looking at Anarchy Online since it isn't purely a Fantasy Genre game. Is there any life left in it or should I be looking at something else?


         I've played AO off and on for years. AO is one of the most revolutionary MMORPGs ever created in history! Almost ALL the new mmorpgs have copied some ideas from AO. AO is still free to play. Their free trials go back and forth in length from 2 weeks to 1 year.  And... YES! There is still plenty of life left in AO!

       To everyone else claiming AO is tooooo lagy:

       1. Upgrade to a more modern graphics card. GeForce  4  minimum. If you can afford better, go for it.

       2. MODERNIZE your MEMORY. 1GB minimum. If you can afford more, even better.

       3. Tone down the settings lower. AO leads ALL mmorpgs with the most customizations available for one to play around with. It is possible to play AO on a Pentium 3, with a 400mhz processor! One can for example tone down the view distance from your character to litterally 3 feet away LOL!

    I need 1gb to run WoW almost at high settings and you telling us that you need the same amount of RAM to run AO on minimum? I don't know if AO got a BIG graphic upgrade, but the ones that I saw, were really outdated.

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  • shishio19shishio19 Member Posts: 23

    Actually I'm downloading the client right now. All you guys have different views on the game, so i'll just have to try it myself and see if it's any good.

  • Unknown
    No, there is no life left in Anarchy Online...

    It's time to give it a decent burial, lay it to rest...

    and make room for Anarchy Online II!


  • BuZZKilgoreBuZZKilgore Member Posts: 525
    I can overlook the dated graphics, but the thing that really kept me from playing was the camera controls. When you go to 3rd person view you can't free-look up or down with the mouse (like you can in almost every other game ever made). It may not bother everyone, but it annoyed me so much I deleted the game.
  • GretchenGretchen Member Posts: 3

    I used to play AO, and have gone back to it off and on...it's a decent game and a breath of fresh air from endless fantasy gaming.

    Biggest complaint I had with the game was managing 3 clusters in each of 10 implants and 15 armor locations and 10 chip slots and 6 peripherals....I felt like a walking Radio Shack and it really is too much "gear" to have to worry about upgrading all the time.  There was casual clothing to go to social gatherings (the player radio station Gridstream.org rocks and throws great parties) but it was hard to change clothes since most folks used extreme buffs to shoehorn themselves into gear they normally would not be able to put on unassisted.

    Oh and Alien Invasion was a bit nuts.  Guild cities littered the formerly wonderful and desolate outdoor zones with huge identical "city blocks" causing huge lag and ruining the look of the game.  Hunting out in the rolling desert or trackless forest was very immersive until someone dropped random bits of "city" all over the place.  Much of the wilderness hunting in the game was ruined by this.

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